Prevalence and incidence of high risk for obstructive sleep apnea in World Trade Center-exposed rescue/recovery workers

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-294

  Webber, Mayris P ^a,b   Lee, Roy ^b   Soo, Jackie ^b,c   Gustave, Jackson ^b   Hall, Charles B ^a   Kelly, Kerry ^b   Prezant, David ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Government of New york   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighters; GERD; Obstructive sleep apnea; Rhinosinusitis; Sleep disordered breathing; Snoring; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FIRE FIGHTER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS DISASTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FIREFIGHTERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054908076     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-010-0379-7     Document Type: Article

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